The author wrote a brief article entitled, "Are Single Player Games Too Expensive?" His take is that you may be willing to pay more for multi-player games than games designed for single players. His words-- "...I can definitely see how players who pay 60 or 70 bucks for a game can be quite sensitive to the lack of additional features that can justify their investment."

However, another viewpoint mentioned in the article is there are lots of single player games that give you a bang for your bucks. Mentioned were single player games such as the new "Batman" series, "The Elder Scrolls" franchise, and "Mass Effect", just to name a few.

And we cannot leave out L.A. Noire (pictured). I have not played this game, but had the opportunity to watch it being played recently.

On another note -- Remember how I made changes to Mom's Minute throughout my show? As a "preview" for you, I'm about to make a change now for Ms. H. video game news.

Instead of asking you what you think about my video game news articles, I'll leave it up to you to comment, if you like. As the saying goes, "You know the drill." (Smile)

If you have any suggestions about my video gaming news, or my website, please comment here or on my Ms. H. forum.

Sometimes called the "Netflix" of video games, GameFly is a video game rental company. You pay a fixed price for a certain number of games out at a time.

GameFly requires membership at a cost of about $15.95 per month for one game at a time and $22.95 per month for two games. According to the author, these prices seem a little steep.

So what is the video game news here? Apparently, GameFly plans to add PC and MAC games to its video game rental porfolio. Installation of a client is required.

Subscribers will have access to both physical console game rentals and digital computer game rentals. The PC game rental segment is new. According to GameFly's co-founder, Sean Spector, there will be over 100 titles available to rent at launch, which is expected to grow.

The new client will also add a social aspect to the GameFly experience, where customers can share lists of games, follow other customers, etc.

Looks like GameFly will have competition in its new venture of PC game rentals -- GameTap. GameTap is a subscription based PC gaming platform that is old hat when it comes to PC game rentals. GameTap charges about $9.95 per month, and offers second tier games as well as retro games run by emulators. However, the author states this company has been struggling since launching in 2005.

Ms. H's take. I agree with the author that the GameFly subscription price seems a bit high, so the addition of PC and MAC games to the mix may (in my opinion) be a cost-benefit to the customer. Of course, current subscribers may have their own views about this, including whether PC and MAC game rentals are welcome additions.

This week, over 126,000 people are expected to attend Comic-Con, a comic book pop culture mecca in San Diego, CA.

Since the big hollywood studios are "sitting this one out", there is plenty of room for the video game companies to attend and show off their new video game offerings!

Some of the video game companies/publishers in attendance are Sega, Capcom, BioWare, Konami, Microsoft, and many others. For those "fan boys' and "fan girls" who could not get tickets to the comic book event, the video game companies plan to have lots of off-site demonstrations and displays away from the convention center.

Of the many new games offered, can you guess the game I played that was demonstrated at the convention? Please read the quote from the news article below to find out.

"Capcom is using Comic-Con to unveil a brand new game, rumored to be Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. The Japanese game giant will have developers on hand for media interviews, panels and fan signings. The new stand-alone game is expected to add a dozen new fighters to the mix, including Marvel’s Doctor Octopus and Capcom’s Frank West and Strider Hiryu. Traditionally, a game like this would be unveiled at E3 or Capcom’s own press event, Captivate. But Comic-Con has become such a huge press event that it allows game companies to unveil new games to both the media (both mainstream and core gaming) and public at the same time."

Go Capcom! I enjoyed playing Marvel vs Capcom during my Mom's Minute Video Game Reviews. Fun game play, and lots of choices!

Ms. H take: If the hollywood studios had attended this comic book event en masse, I think the video game companies would have participated anyway. Why wouldn't they -- especially with so many people (video game players ) expected to attend?

What do you think? Should video games be included along with movies, comics, or other media type events, or should they maintain some type of exclusitivity?-- maybe have new games shown only at E3 or similar type video game conventions? I would like to hear from you! You may comment here or visit my Ms. H forum!